Helen Mary Monkivitch

Helen Monkivitch RSM (born 1942) is an Australian medical administrator and religious sister. She was the first female to be elected president of the Australian College of Health Service Executives and has been recognised for her work in aged care.

Career Helen Monkivitch was born in 1942. She trained as a nurse then midwife at Mercy Private Hospital in Victoria in 1964 and then took vows with the Sisters of Mercy. In 1971 she transferred to Mercy Maternity Hospital, initially as a charge sister, then supervisor before being promoted to deputy director of nursing in 1976.

In 1988 Monkivitch was the first female to be elected president of the Australian College of Health Service Executives. She was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2014.